RL Housecarl here :( : V

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:42 pm

So my gf was watching me play skyrim the other day and i was winding her up saying i could get married in this game. So i show her Lydia and explain she is my housecarl.... she like "whats that?".... so I explain its a kind of house servant / bodyguard... my rl name is carl.... so guess what my gf calls me now.... she literally just clicks her fingers and yells "housecarl!" for a cup of tea.... damn wind up back firing on me... stoopid damn Skyrim and its nordic ways. (joking of course

and I'm part scandinavian so its even more fitting)

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:28 pm

lol. you brought this woe upon yourself ;p

Also...

"I'm sworn to carry your Burdens, My Thane"

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 1:19 pm

Haha She's got your number!

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:21 am

Lie and tell her Housecarls have to be female.

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:17 pm

Lol that`ll teach you :teehee:

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:42 pm

Guess you are sworn to carry her sweetroll.

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 11:06 am

Lie and tell her Housecarls have to be female.

Lol, that would be opposite to real life where all houscarls were male.

There were to different words for the two genders as slaves in old Icelandic (and other languages), húskarl (that is, housecarl) for the males and ambátt for the females.

When I first heard I'd be getting a housecarl I was surprised when they offered me Lydia

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:25 pm

Yeah kind of shot myself in the foot there. Or shot myself in the knee with an arrow (is that even possible?!?) to use the current fad joke topic.

Wish I was thinking quicker on my feet to give some of the replies that you lot have mentioned. I was distracted by thoughts of what to spend my 2 saved perks on.... Illusion or Alteration. Thinking of going Illusion since the magic resist I in Alteration is broke atm. Thought I'd post something a little light-hearted in contrast to all the negativity I'm seeing here. Anyway gotta go, the Thane(tte) needs her cup re-filled.....

» Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:47 am

Next she asks you to make her a sandwich. At least then you'll have a reason to use reallife Dragon shouts.

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 12:37 pm

Heh.
Luckily for you, Housecarls are not slaves, but free men. They are actually fairly high up the social ranking.
A slave is a Thrall.
Housecarls could hold hold rather high military positions, even leading armies at times.
Some housecarls would be granted land, and act not unlike Noble Knights of the middle ages.
Of course, the ranking of a Housecarl was tied to the person he was serving. A housecarl serving a local farmer wouldn't be ranked as high as a Housecarl of the King.